Along the Natchez Trace

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Last garbage call ??

As some of you know, since his retirement Man and I have been escaping Ole Man Winter here in Michigan, except for last winter, when we were medically grounded. Nahhhhh, it was not fun, and neither of us were happy. It was necessary, but, not fun.

We have been working hard since September on getting medical blessings, organizing stuff, writing to do lists, checking off items from said to do list.

This AM I realized that this weeks garbage call could be the last here in the stick built. Any additional trash will go with us, dry paper stuff can be left in the garage in a garbage can with a tight lid. Any trash that has food particles on it, cannot stay, don’t want to give the mice ANY excuse.

We are in the process of cleaning out the pantry, and have a couple of staging areas set up. A staging area is a spot set aside to pile things we want to take with us. I started looking at stuff this AM, and what with crafts, computers, research, dog and personal stuff, I am wondering, will it all go in?? Since the addition of the Spendide washer/dryer this summer, the storage capacity has diminished (you will NOT hear me cry over this capacity loss tho!).

So, in the next few days, I will start seriously packing Tana and I will discover if I have to eliminate some of the stuff in those staging areas. I can promise you that the computer gear GOES!! But, there are some things I could chose to eliminate, ahhhhh, decisions, decisions.

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Things I love: Family, Grandchildren, Rving, computers (sometimes, but not when they are being bad), family history, yorkies, techy toys like my iToys, photography.
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" Living on Earth isn't cheap, but it does include a yearly free trip around the sun." (Source unknown.)

"Do what you can, with what you have, where you are." Theodore Roosevelt

"The only difference between a rut and a grave...is the depth."

Chinese proverb: "To forget one's ancestors is to be a brook without a source, a tree without a root."

"I sure wish they sold memory sticks for humans...I could use an upgrade."

"Don't let procrastination be your primary time management skill."

"If you are normal....no one will listen, If you're deranged....they will make you their leader."

"You're just jealous that the voices are talking to ME!"

"I'm quite sure that no friendship yields its true pleasure and nobility of nature without frequent communication, sympathy and service." (From George E. Woodberry)

"When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives means the most to us, we often find that it is those who, instead of giving advice, solutions, or cures, have chosen rather to share our pain and touch our wounds with a warm and tender hand." (From Henri Nouwen)

"Don't go where the road leads, rather go where there is no road and make a trail."

"Broken hearts are what give us strength, understanding and compassion."